Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (n = 648) in Addis Ababa public health centers, 2011
Variables | Number | Valid % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Marital status | Single | 34 | 5.3 |
Married | 600 | 92.7 | |
Divorced\separated or widowed | 13 | 2.0 | |
Maternal age | 15 - 24 | 244 | 37.9 |
25 - 34 | 351 | 54.5 | |
≥35 | 49 | 7.6 | |
Religion | Orthodox Christian | 428 | 66.0 |
Protestant | 64 | 9.9 | |
Catholic | 11 | 1.7 | |
Muslim | 145 | 22.4 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 128 | 19.8 |
Amhara | 270 | 41.7 | |
Tigre | 32 | 4.9 | |
Gurage/Silte | 191 | 29.5 | |
Other | 27 | 4.2 | |
Maternal education | Illiterate | 151 | 23.3 |
Primary | 265 | 41.0 | |
Secondary | 149 | 23.0 | |
Above secondary | 82 | 12.7 | |
Paternal education | Illiterate | 58 | 9.0 |
Primary | 208 | 32.2 | |
Secondary | 229 | 35.4 | |
Above secondary | 151 | 23.4 | |
Maternal working status | Working | 248 | 38.3 |
Not working | 400 | 61.7 | |
Workplace | Home | 38 | 15.6 |
Outside home | 188 | 77.4 | |
Home & outside | 17 | 7.0 | |
Maternal income per month | < 500 birr (US$56) | 456 | 73.8 |
500 - 1000 birr (US$56 – 112) | 92 | 14.9 | |
> 1000 birr (US$112) | 70 | 10.7 | |
Number of living children | 1 | 356 | 55.0 |
2 | 204 | 31.5 | |
≥ 3 | 87 | 13.4 | |